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>> JIM: ANOTHER GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
IF YOU CAN CALL IT A GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS LEAHEY & LEAHEY, AND THE SECOND LEAHEY IS GONE AGAIN
THAT DOES IT. THAT BREAKS THE PACK.
HES DOING SOMETHING FOR A COMPANY CALLED ESPN, WHATEVER
THAT IS. AND HES NOT HERE AGAIN THIS
WEEK. BUT ROB DEMELLO IS.
WEVE CHANGED THE NAME FROM LEAHEY & LEAHEY TO LEAHEY AND
COMPANY. WELCOME.
>> ITS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
ONE REQUEST. >> JIM: YES?
>> PLEASE DONT TREAT ME THE WAY YOU TREAT YOUR SON.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHOS GOING TO SIT AT YOUR KITCHEN TABLE ON
LEAHEY & LEAHEY. A GENERATIONALLY CHALLENGE ON
SPORTS AND OTHER LIVING THINGS. LEAHEY & LEAHEY.
>> ROB: HOWZIT GOING. WELCOME TO THE LEAHEY COMPANY
KITCHEN. FIRST EPISODE OF LEAHEY AND
COMPANY. VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
WE HAVE AN AWESOME GUEST. STAR-ADVERTISER WRITER, RAINBOW
BEAT WRITER. HE ALSO COVERS SPORTS.
HOW YOU DOING, POPS? >> JIM: IM FINE.
ITS GREAT TO HAVE BILLY HULL HERE.
ONE OF THE FEW IOLANI GRADUATES
WHO GOT HIS DIPLOMA BY MAIL. WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A
DISCUSSION, AND I THINK THE TOPIC REALLY LEND THEMSELVES TO
MAYBE ARGUMENT OR BRIEF -- BRIEF BOUTS OF TEMPER.
>> WHEN YOURE TALKING ABOUT U.H., THERES NOT AN EVEN LINE.
EITHER ITS A LOT OF FRUSTRATION OR A LOT OF CONFUSION.
WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT U.H. ATHLETICS.
WERE GOING TO START WITH THE U.H. FOOTBALL TEAM.
6:00 A.M. IN THE NORM CHOW ERA THEYVE BEEN PRACTICING IN THE
EVENING. YESTERDAY THEY DID IT AT
6:00 A.M. A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT
FEEL. THEYRE WEARING GREEN HELMETS
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST 30 SOMETHING YEARS.
THEY WORE THEM IN GAME TIME BUT IN PRACTICE.
THEYRE IN THE GREEN HELMETS AND THEY HOPE WITH A NEW
QUARTERBACK, TAKING THE NUMBER ONE SNAPS IN TAILOR GRAHAM.
SEAN SCHRODER IS UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE HES PREPARING FOR BACK
SURGERY ON APRIL 1. TAILOR A 65 JUNIOR FROM OHIO
STATE. THERES A LOT OF HYPE FROM HIM
COMING FROM THE BUCKEYES PROGRAM.
JUST WHAT YOU SAW FROM THE VIDEO AND READING THE ARTICLES, WHATS
YOUR INITIAL IMPRESSION? HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO TO SEE
HIM? >> JIM: HES PAID THE DUES.
THE NCAA RULE WHERE YOU HAVE TO LAY OUT A YEAR.
NOW HE CAN SHOW HIS STUFF. HES NOT THE MOST MOBILE BUT HE
CAN CERTAINLY THROW THE BALL. AND THIS YEAR, HAWAII IS GOING
TO STEP AWAY FROM THE USUAL GROUND GAME AND THEYRE GOING TO
THROW THE BALL NOW. I THINK THEYLL OPEN IT UP.
THEYLL SPREAD THE FORMATION A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK HE CAN REALLY THROW THE BALL, AND I THINK IT COULD BE AN
INTERESTING SEASON. >> I THINK HIS POSSIBILITY IS
A -- THERES A LITTLE BIT OF DECEPTION.
HES A BIG GUY. DOESNT LOOK LIKE HES QUICK BUT
WE SAW HIMMING YESTERDAY -- HIM RUNNING YESTERDAY AND HES LIKE
JOE FLACCO. WHEN IN TROUBLE HE CAN GET OUT
OF THE WAY. AND THE SAME THING WITH TAYLOR
GRAHAM. AS FAR AS HIM COMING IN HERE, I
THINK THE BIG ARM DOES HELP. THATS SOMETHING THEY STRUGGLED
WITH LAST YEAR. THERE WAS NO THREAT DOWN THE
FIELD AND NO THREAT OF SCHRODER GETTING OUT OF THE WAY.
WELL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. TAYLOR GRAHAM, EVERYBODY HACK --
HAS TO BE LOOKING AT HIM. HES PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE
NUMBER ONE QUARTERBACK. ITS GOING TO BE HARD FOR
IKAIKAI. ITS THE FIRST OF 15 PRACTICES.
THEY PRACTICED YESTERDAY, TOMORROW AND THIS GO ON SPRING
BREAK. HOW MUCH OF AN ADVANTAGE FOR
THESE GUYS? THEYRE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE
THESE FIRST TWO DAYS AS A CHEAT SHEET.
DO YOU THINK THERES AN ADVANTAGE THERE?
>> JIM: I THINK THE REASON FOR SPRING PRACTICE IS EVERYONE ELSE
HAS SPRING PRACTICE. IF YOU HAVE SPRING PRACTICE,
YOURE GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ADVANTAGE.
I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS, THOUGH, THE MOST
IMPORTANT PLAYERS, EVEN WITH THE TIME OFF, THE MOST IMPORTANT
PLAYERS ARE THE LINEMEN. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GIVE
PROTECTION TO THIS NEW QUARTERBACK, AND ON DEFENSE,
THEY HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY STOUT AS FAR AS GIVING UP YARDAGE.
AND THATS WHERE I THINK -- AND I THINK YOU KNOW THIS BECAUSE
YOU SAW THIS YESTERDAY NOW THAT THEYRE PRACTICING VERY EARLY IN
THE MORNING AND YOU HAVE TO GET UP EARLIER THAN THAT.
BUT I THINK THAT THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TEAM THIS YEAR IS THEY
SEEM TO KNOW WERE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE LINEMEN THAT PROTECT
WHAT WE DO. EITHER RUNNING OR PASSING.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND YOU CHRIS NAOLE JOINING THE
TEAM. A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THERE.
HE BRINGS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ENVELOPE EXPERIENCE AND HE WAS
COACHING AT IOLANI. THAT COULD BE A GOOD PRINK --
THING. SPRING PRACTICE WILL CONTINUE.
THE MENS BASKETBALL TEAM, A LOT OF PEOPLE CONFUSED ON THE
DECISION TO ALLOW THE BASKETBALL TEAM TO PLAY IN THE CIT
TOURNAMENT. THEY ENDED THE YEAR LOSING SIX
OF THEIR FINAL EIGHT GAMES. VERY DISAPPOINTING LOSS IN THE
BIG WEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT. EVERYONE SAID THAT THEIR SEASON
WAS OVER. EVEN VANDER JOAQUIM SAID HIS
BASKETBALL CAREER WAS OVER. HE WAS THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL AND
THEY GET A PHONE CALL. THEY ACCEPTED.
ALONG WITH THE $35,000 PRICE TAG TO HOST THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
THEYRE PLAYING AS WE SPEAK AT THE STAN SHERIFF CENTER.
YOUR IDEA OF -- WAS THIS A GOOD IDEA OF HAVING AIR FORCE COME IN
HERE AND PLAY THIS ROUND 1 GAME IN THE CIT?
>> JIM: THERES ONLY TWO WAYS TO GET INTO THE BASKETBALL POST
SEASON. ONE, YOU EARN IT AND TWO, YOU
BUY YOUR WAY IN. THEY HAD TO BUY THEIR WAY IN.
THEY HAVE TO PLAY THIS TOURNAMENT BY PAYING TO PLAY
THIS TOURNAMENT, AND IM SAYING, YOURE NOT ON THE ASCENSION AS
FAR AS YOUR PLAY IS CONCERNED. YOU HAD A TERRIBLE ENDING TO THE
SEASON. INSTEAD OF CLOSING IT DOWN,
YOURE GOING TO EXTEND IT INTO WHAT?
INTO ALMOST AN EXHIBITION. I DONT KNOW WHETHER THE
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT -- WHAT KIND OF THOUGHT PROCESS WENT THROUGH
THIS. TO GO AND PAY THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS TO GET INTO THIS TOURNAMENT.
NOW, THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON, 8,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP.
AND SO PERHAPS THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT IS SAYING, WELL,
SINCE WERE CONTINUING, THOSE SAME 8,000 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
SHOW UP. THEYRE NOT?
AND YOU EXPECT THOSE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR IT.
THE LOGIC HERE, IT ESCAPES ME WHY YOURE IN THIS TOURNAMENT IN
THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE DO YOU DESERVE TO BE IN THIS
TOURNAMENT? CAN YOU FIND THE LOGICAL REASON
WHY YOU DESERVE TO BE IN THIS TOURNAMENT?
I CANT. >> IM GOING TO PLAY DEVILS
ADVOCATE AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD RECRUITING, TRYING TO
GET THE YOUNGER PLAYERS BETTER? DONT YOU THINK THERES AN
ADVANTAGE TO CONTINUING THE SEASON AS FAR AS GETTING THESE
YOUNGER GUYS MORE ACTION? GETTING THEM IN MORE SUDDEN
DEATH OR KNOWING YOUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL TYPES?
IF YOU LOSE, YOUR SEASONS OVER? ONLY THREE SENIORS OF THE TEAM.
MOST OF THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO BE RETURNING.
DONT YOU THINK THERES A BENEFIT FOR CHRISTIAN
STANDHARDINGER BEING OUT THERE AND BRANDON SPEARMAN IS
AVAILABLE. HES GOING TO BE A GAME TIME
DECISION WHETHER OR NOT HE STARTS.
MANY EXPECT HE WILL PLAY. DONT YOU THINK THERES A
BENEFIT? >> JIM: I DONT SEE THE
ADVANTAGE OF ONE GAME, TWO GAMES OR OWN THREE GAMES.
THE COACH IS HOPING FOR THAT. I DONT KNOW HOW THIS CAME
ABOUT, I DONT KNOW HOW THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WHOSE NAME IS
NOT MENTIONED, IS INVOLVED IN THIS.
APPARENTLY HE WAS NOT IN TOWN WHEN THIS DECISION CAME ABOUT.
THATS NOT TO SAY HE WASNT INFORMED ABOUT IT, BUT IT SEEMS
THERES SOMETHING GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENE THATS REALLY
DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE. BASKETBALL SEASON IS OVER,
UNLIKE THE WOMEN, WHO EARNED THEIR WAY INTO THE WNIT.
AT LEAST THEY DIDNT HAVE TO PAY THEIR WAY TO GET IN.
THAT BOTHERS ME. >> I DO AGREE.
>> JIM: AND WEVE DONE IT BEFORE.
>> THEY LOST IN THE SECOND ROUND.
I LOOK AT IT AS RISK AND REWARD. I THINK THE RISK HEAVY OUTWEIGHS
THE AWARDS. LETS SAY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
WINS TWO OF THREE GAMES. BEST FOR GIB ARNOLD IS HE GETS
THE ONE-YEAR EXTENSION, THATS CRAZY TO THINK THEY FINISHED THE
WAY HE DID AND HE CAN END UP GETTING A CONTRACT EXTENSION.
BUT YOU LOOK AT -- IF THEY WIN THREE GAMES, I THINK ITS A
TREMENDOUS THING FOR THE PROGRAM BECAUSE RECRUITING -- IT HELPS
WITH THE RECRUITING THAT THEYRE WINNING THE GAMES LATE.
ITS GOING TO DO HELP WITH U.H. BASKETBALL HEADING INTO NEXT
SEASON. THE RISK IF THEY LOSE AND YOUR
HAVING LOST SEVEN OF NINE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
ITS NOT GOING TO BE 8,000 BUT ITS GOING TO BE A GOOD AMOUNT.
>> JIM: IF THEY LOSE, RILEY WALLACE IS GOING TO SAY, WHERES
THE MONEY. >> THE WOMEN ARE PLAYING IN THE
WNIT IN SAN DIEGO. LAURA BEEMAN BEFORE LEAVING LAST
NIGHT WAS REALISTIC. WE MAY NOT WIN BUT I WANT THEM
TO PLAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING, SHOULD
LAURA BEEMANS CONTRACT BE EXTENDED ALREADY BEFORE ONE
SEASON, BEING THAT SHE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT SHES ABLE TO
DO AND THATS GET HAWAII IN THE POST SEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN TEN YEARS? IS IT TOO SOON?
>> JIM: YEAH. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COACH OF
THE YEAR. WHAT SHE HAS DONE TO GET TO
SAN DIEGO, SHES HAD TO LEAVE THREE TIMES BECAUSE OF ENGINE
PROBLEMS ON THE JETS AND ALL KINDS OF TRAVEL INTRICACIES THAT
GO ON AND PREVENT YOU FROM BEING SMOOTH IN GETTING TO THE SITE OF
THE GAME. BUT THEY DIDNT PAY TO GET IN.
THEY WERE REWARDED FOR A SEASON THAT NO ONE EXPECTED.
NO ONE EXPECTED THEM TO BE THAT GOOD AND THEY WERE.
AND AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON, THEY WERE TIED FOR
SECOND. I MEAN, IF SHE CAN DO THE SAME
THING NEXT YEAR, THEN THEY HAVE TO UP HER SALARY, AND THEY HAVE
TO GIVE HER AN EXTENSION. >> HOW BIG CAN RAINBOW
BASKETBALL BE WITH LAURA BEEMAN? CHARGE?
MY BEST MEMORY OF U.H. MEMORY, VINCE GOO CALLS TIME-OUT AND THE
CROWD GOES BANANA. CAN YOU GET PEOPLE IN THE STAN
SHERIFF CENTER FOR WOMENS BASKETBALL?
>> JIM: SURE. AND VINCE GOO WOULD BE THE FIRST
TO GUY A TICKET AND HED ANALYZE THE GAME.
THERES GREAT STUFF AND DAYS THAT LAY AHEAD FOR THE WOMENS
BASKETBALL PROGRAM. THEYRE AN EXCITING TEAM TO
WATCH OF THE YOUNG LADIES ARE VERY, VERY VOCIFEROUS IN WHAT
THEY FEEL ABOUT THE GAME. I LIKE THAT THEIR EFFERVESCENCE
COMES TO FACE. >> YOU LOOK AT KAMILAH MARTIN,
SHAWNA-LEI COMING BACK. GOOD THINGS LIE IN THE
BASKETBALL TEAM. >> JIM: IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME
IF THEY DONT DEFEAT SAN DIEGO. >> JIM: AND THEY PLAY AT THE
JENNY CRAIG PAVILION. YOU THINK ITS ALL HEALTHY FOOD?
>> JIM: COULD BE. OR THEY WEIGH YOU.
>> YOU GET IN BASED ON WEIGHT? >> JIM: YOU GOT TO PAY SIX
MONTHS. [DOG BARKING]
>> THATS BILLY. I LIKE THAT MOVE YOU MADE ON THE
DOG. >> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU. WILLIAM HULL.
I WANT TO WELCOME BILLY HULL, THE STAR-ADVERTISER RAINBOW
BASEBALL BEAT WRITER. AND GOT A NICE SMILE OUT OF
MR. JIM LEAHEY, ALSO COVERS COMBAT SPORTS.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS AND BOXING. WELL GET INTO THAT.
>> JIM: OF COURSE. >> THIS RAINBOW BASEBALL TEAM
PLAYING TONIGHT, OPENING A FIVE-GAME SERIES AGAINST WICHITA
STATE. THEYRE 2-15 AT THIS SEASON.
AT 2-15, HOW CONFUSING HAS IT BEEN COVERING THIS BASEBALL
TEAM? >> WELL, I THINK FOR A
SPORTSWRITER, IVE HAD A HARD TIME PUTTING INTO WORDS HOW THE
FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON HAS BEEN.
ITS BEEN HAND SCRATCHING, CONFUSING.
ITS JUST BEEN WEIRD. AND THE BEST THING FOR THEM,
THEYVE HAD A WEEK OFF. THEYRE TRYING TO HIT THE RESET
BUTTON. THEY PLAYED OREGON THE FIRST
WEEK, THE FIRST SERIES OF THE SEASON, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY
LOST FOUL GAMES, I CAME AWAY SAYING, I LIKE WHAT I SAY.
THEY HIT THE BALL A LITTLE BIT IN THAT SERIES, AND THE PITCHING
WAS PRETTY GOOD. THEY HAD SOME PITCHING INJURIES
BUT I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD YEAR.
AND THEY HAD THAT RICE GAME. THE 17 INNINGS.
THEY WERE 0-20. YOU ACCIDENTLY GET A HIT.
SO EVER SINCE THAT GAME, ITS BEEN A REAL STRUGGLE.
2-15, I DONT THINK ANYBODY EXPECTED IT.
I SURE DIDNT EXPECT IT. >> JIM: IT SEEMS THEY COLLAPSED
IN THAT SERIES, AND 17 INNINGS OR NOT, THEY NEVER RECOVERED
FROM THAT AND WAS LOSS AFTER LOSS AFTER LOSS.
AND THEY GET CLOSE TO WINING. THEY TAKE IT INTO THE NINTH.
THEY TAKE IT DOWN TO THE FINAL STRIKE, AND THEY LOSE.
AND YOU HAVE TO GO, WHAT IS GOING ON?
THERES SOMETHING THATS NOT RIGHT.
AND COACH MIKE TRAPASSO, ALL SHARP OBJECTIES HAVE BEEN --
OBJECTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM.
TO HAVE THE BEST LINEUP YOU CAN HAVE.
THE BEST PITCHERS YOU CAN USE. HIS PITCHERS GET INJURED, THEY
LEAVE, CARRYING OUT ON STRETCHERS.
AND THIS TEAM, WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I CANT, AS YOU PUT THE
WORDS IN TO SAY, WHAT HAS HAPPENED?
DID THEY FALL IN A HOLE THAT THEY CANT GET OUT?
OR IS IT THE RAINBOW CURSE? >> TAKING THE RAINBOW NICKNAME
AWAY ON JULY 1ST AND THEY HAVENT RECOVERED ON THAT.
>> I THINK YOU MAY HAVE HIT ON SOMETHING.
ONE THING ABOUT THE BASEBALL PROGRAM, YOU TALK TO ALL THE
ALUMNI AND PEOPLE THAT PLAYED BEFORE AND THEYRE PROBABLY THE
BIGGEST GROUP THAT REALLY DIDNT LIKE THE CHANGE.
BUT AS FOR THIS TEAM, I THINK ITS FUNNY.
AFTER EVERY SERIES YOU SAY, IT CANT GET WORSE.
AND IT GETS WORSE. THEY LOSE QUINTON TO AN INJURY.
>> AT BATTING PRACTICE. >> IM GOING TO USE HIM AS A
TWO-WAY PLAYER AND HE GOES TO THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME,
SWINGING AT PRACTICE, HE HURTS HIS ELBOW.
>> I WAS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT COLLEGE BASEBALL TEAMS, AND FOR
A LOT OF COACHES THAT HAVE BEEN AT THEIR SCHOOLS A LONG TIME, IT
SEEMS LIKE THERES ONE SEASON YOU CAN LOOK AT FOR DIFFERENT
SCHOOLS THAT JUST EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO WRONG.
EVERYTHING SEEMS TO SNOWBALL. THIS MIGHT BE THE YEAR FOR THIS
TEAM. >> JIM: THE THING THAT
FRUSTRATES ME IS THESE WERE RECRUITED PLAYERS.
THESE ARE RECRUITED PLAYERS. THESE ARE PLAYERS WHO HAVE
PROVED THAT THEY CAN BE ON THE DIVISION I LEVEL.
THESE ARENT WALK-ONS. YOU DIDNT PUT OUT A SIGN AT
DUGOUT, TRYOUTS AT 3:00. AND THESE GUYS SHOW UP.
THERES SOMETHING THATS REALLY TROUBLING ABOUT THIS TEAM.
I KNOW THAT THEY DONT HANG THEIR HEAD.
I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME THEY COME UP, THEY WANT TO PLAY WELL.
IT JUST HAS NOT HAPPENED. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE TROUBLE IN
THE PRESS BOX WRITING ABOUT IT? WHAT ABOUT THE TELEVISION SIDE?
THEYRE OH FOR TELEVISED. IT COULD BE ME.
>> HES ONLY COVERED ONE ON THE ROAD.
>> THATS RIGHT. >> AND IT WAS THE FIRST ONE.
11 STRAIGHT LOSSES AT HOME TO START THE YEAR.
>> JIM: AND ONLY ONE HOME RUN. HOME RUNS ARE NOT NECESSARILY
GOING TO BE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTIC AT LMS.
THEYRE JUST NOT GOING TO DO IT. BUT THEY HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO
BUNCH BASE HITS. PERHAPS THIS WEEK BECAUSE THIS
IS THE LAST CHANCE TO GET IT TOGETHER.
THE NEXT WEEK STARTS THE CONFERENCE SEASON.
THATS BIG. THATS THE THING, TOO.
AS BAD AS ITS BEEN, THEYVE HAD SEVEN DAYS OFF TO KIND OF FLUSH
IT, GET RID OF IT. AND THEYRE STILL PLAYING FOR SO
MUCH. THIS IS THEIR FIRST SEASON IN
THE BIG WEST. THE BIG WEST HAS THREE TEAMS
RANKED IN THE TOP 30. ITS A TOUGH CONFERENCE.
IF THEY FINISH IN THE TOP THREE OR FOUR, ITS PROBABLY GOING TO
END YOU HAVING A PRETTY GOOD YEAR.
YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL RECORD, YOULL SAY ITS NOT THAT GREAT.
BUT THEIR FIRST YEAR MAKING THIS TRANSITION -- BECAUSE THEY
HAVENT SEEN THESE TEAMS MUCH. THEY PLAYED UC DAVIS LAST YEAR.
THEYRE SCOUTING NEW TEAMS. THEYRE GOING TO GET FAMILIAR
WITH NEW TEAMS. THERES STILL SO MUCH TO PLAY
FOR. YOU CANT WRITE THEM OFF.
AND THATS KIND OF THE WAY THE PLAYERS GOT TO LOOK AT IT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS TEAM, PERHAPS THE MOST FRUSTRATING
PART IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BE
SUCCESSFUL. OBVIOUSLY, OUTSIDE THE PITCHING
INJURIES BUT STILL YOU HAVE SOME SOLID PITCHERS IN THERE.
YOU HAVE EXTRA BASE POWER IN MARK FLOR ES.
IN A PIIKEA KITAMURA. YOU HAVE GUYS THAT NOW HOW TO
TAKE WALKS IN ANDRE REAL. YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
IS THERE MAYBE JUST A FEEL OF MAYBE THESE GUYS DONT KNOW HOW
TO PLAY WITH EACH OTHER? THERE MAY BE SOMETHING MISSING.
GUYS GET WALKS AND INSTEAD OF SOMEONE TRYING TO MOVE THE
RUNNER OVER, THEYRE TRYING TO HIT A HOME RUN.
ARE THEY HAVING TROUBLE PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER?
>> I THINK PART OF IT IS IVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, BUT
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GAME GO 17 INNINGS AT 0-0.
IT GOT IN THEIR HEAD. BECAUSE THE THING ABOUT IT,
THEYRE 2-15. BUT THERE WAS AN OREGON GAME
THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WON. THEY LOST A GAME TO BRADLEY.
AND AGAINST GONZAGA. THEY HIT A LITTLE BELOW AVERAGE.
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, THERE IS 296 BASEBALL TEAMS.
THEYRE THE FOURTH WORST TEAMS IN SCORING.
IF YOU CAN GET ONE MORE RUN A GAME INSTEAD 2-15, YOURE
LOOKING AT MAYBE A 7-10 TEAM PERHAPS.
AND WITH THE SCHEDULE THEY PLAY WITH THE CONFERENCE THEY NOW
PLAY IT, IT WOULDNT -- TAKE MANY GAMES OVER .500.
AS BAD AS ITS BEEN AND FRUSTRATING AS ITS BEEN,
THEYRE RIGHT THERE. ITS A COUPLE BOUNCES THIS WAY
FROM BEING IN THE MIX. >> JIM: IT LEADS ME TO MY PLAN.
MY PLAN IS TO HUNT FERAL CATS LATE AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY THE
BLACK ONES, HERD THEM INTO A CAGE, RIGHT BEFORE THE TEAM GOES
OUT ON TO THE FIELD, YOU LET THE CATS OUT.
THIS IS THE BREAK UP THAT JINX. THE TEAM RUN OUT UNDER LADDER
JUST TO BREAK THIS UP. WERE DOWN TO HUNTING FERAL CATS
TO GET OUT OF THIS DOWN SPIN THAT THIS TEAM SEEMS TO BE IN.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? >> I WAS SCARED TO ASK THAT.
SURE ENOUGH, SOMETHING WORSE HAPPENS.
>> JIM: HAS HE GOTTEN WORSE IN MOOD?
YOU WOULD EXPECT HIM TO BE. >> THERE WAS ONE GAME IN THE
GONZAGA, HE GAVE IT TO HIS PLAYERS.
YOUVE GOT TO IF YOURE HIM. YOUVE GOT TO GET THE NAME.
BEING 2 AT 15 IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND SO I GIVE TRAP A LOT OF
CREDIT. HES BEEN PRETTY GOOD EVEN IN
PRACTICE AND STUFF. WHO WANTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT BEING 2-15. ITS OBVIOUS THEY PITCH THE BALL
PRETTY WELL EVEN WITH THE INJURIES.
AND YOUVE GOT TO GIVE A GUY LIKE COREY MacDONALD CREDIT.
HERE HE IS THROWING A COMPLETE GAMES.
AND GETTING ONE OF THEIR WINS. HE PITCHED PRETTY WELL.
THEYRE ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSIVE TEAMS I THINK IVE
SEEN. >> WOBROCK MIGHT BE THE BEST.
>> HES GOOD. HES WORTH THE PRICE OF
ADMISSION. ITS JUST CAN YOU SCORE A COUPLE
MORE RUNS. AND YOU ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS IN
THE WORLD ABOUT BEING 2-15, BUT IT COMES DOWN TO ONE THING.
THEY NEED TO HIT THE BALL. >> JIM: A FIVE-GAME SERIES
AGAINS WICHITA STATE TONIGHT. WE DONT HAVE MUCH TIME.
BRIAN VILORIA, WHO HAD A RESURGENCE.
A WAIPAHU NATIVE, WBO AND WBA CHAMPION.
HE FIGHTS APRIL 6. WHERE DO YOU THINK HES TAKEN IN
HIS CAREER. HE IS PLAYING WITH HOUSE MONEY?
ITS NOW ABOUT COLLECTING HARDWARE?
>> I REALLY BELIEVE THAT BRIAN VILORIA IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE
MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED IN HAWAIIS SPORTS.
HES COME OUT, HES UNIFIED TITLES AND HES NOT JUST
FIGHTING ANY OLD GUY. HES BEEN FIGHTING THE BEST GUYS
IN HIS DIVISION. THEY HAVENT BEEN GOING THE
DISTANCE. HES BEEN WINNING BY TKO.
HES GOING TO BE FIGHTING IN CHINA.
I THINK ITS ON -- HBO 2. JUST TO SEE HIM ON HBO SHOW,
ITS REALLY COOL TO SEE. IM HAPPY FOR HIM.
HES THE NICEST GUY IN THE WORLD.
HES JUST A NICE GUY. HARD TO BELIEVE A GUY THAT GOES
OUT THERE AND FIGHTS CAN BE SUCH A NICE GUY.
WHAT HES DONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS IS AMAZING.
HES PLAYING WITH HOUSE MONEY. HES TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE.
HES DOUBLE DOWN ON 11. IM EXCITED TO SEE HIM ON THE
BIG STAGE ON HBO. >> JIM: YOURE RIGHT ABOUT HIM.
YOU CAN SIT DOWN AND SAY, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?
WESTERN MICHIGAN. HES FROM HERE BUT HE WENT TO
WESTERN MICHIGAN. I LIKE HIM.
EVERY TIME HE FIGHTS, I LOOK AT HIM.
HES QUICK, HES SO QUICK. MY ONLY FEAR IS HOW MUCH TIME
DOES HE HAVE LEFT? >> ONE THING IN TALKING TO HIS
MANAGEMENT IS THEY REALLY STILL WANT TO COME BACK HERE ONE MORE
TIME. AND HES FOUGHT HERE TWICE IN
THE LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS BUT THEY DIDNT GET A CROWD.
BUT IF HE WAS TO FIGHT HERE ONE MORE TIME, IT WOULD BE A SHAME
IF ITS NOT SOLD OUT. >> JIM: IT SHOULD BE.
>> WED BE FOOLISH IF WE DIDNT TALK ABOUT MARCH MADNESS.
BILLY HULL, OUR GUY I THINK OF WHENEVER THIS TIME OF YEAR
COMES. WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR FINAL
FOUR? >> I ACTUALLY THIS MORNING WAS
THE FIRST TIME I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT.
I WAS THINKING OF CHANGES IT. YOURE TELLING ME STICK WITH
YOUR GUN. I REALLY THOUGHT LOUISVILLE,
DUKE. THOSE WERE THE THREE TEAMS.
THEYRE IN THE SAME REGION. I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
IVE GOT EVERYONES KIND OF GOING WITH LOUISVILLE, SO IM
GOING TO GO WITH DUKE AGAINST MIAMI.
IM GOING WITH THE HURRICANES. >> YOUR PICK?
THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS? >> JIM: I SAID GODS GOING TO
HELP THESE -- ONE YEAR HES GOING TO HELP THESE GUYS GET TO
THE PROMISED LAND. BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT.
ST.~LOUIS UNIVERSITY IS A SLEEPER.
>> THE STORY OF RICK PASSING AWAY EARLIER.
ST.~LOUIS. I GOT LOUISVILLE, BUT NO ONE
CARES WHAT I THINK. BILLY HULL, THANKS.
>> THANKS. >> THE RAINBOW BASEBALL TEAM
OPENING UP A FIVE-GAME SERIES. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
>> JIM: SEE YOU. >> WHEN YOURE COMING BACK, SON?